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Cathedral Court 1 Vicar Lane City Centre Sheffield S1 2LT

25/03621/CDPNCommercial to Dwelling Prior NotifApproved

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Conditionally Prior NotificationDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of offices (Use Class E) at first to fifth floors to 60no. residential units (Use Class C3)

Received
8 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
City
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 65 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Cathedral Court 1 Vicar Lane City Centre Sheffield S1 2LT. Sheffield has handled 9,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Sheffield's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 150 applications across City. We hold 1,360 applications in total for the S1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
S1 2LT
Application type
Commercial to Dwelling Prior Notif
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
60

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 February 2026
Consultation start
16 December 2025
Consultation end
9 January 2026
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
2 February 2026
Permission expires
11 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Alasdair Struthers Broom Hall 8-10 Broomhall Road Sheffield S10 2DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 February 2026
Site notice start
5 January 2026
Site notice end
30 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14356916
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City CentrePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Leopold ChambersOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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